Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| every day / Do / ? / you / to the gym / go |
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| usually / I / once a year / go / to the dentist |
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| How / to the disco? / often / you / do / go |
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| get up / at 8 a.m. / I / always |
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| saw / five times / I / it |
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| My parents / go on holiday / almost never |
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| to the gym / three times a week / go / I |
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| often / late / is / John |
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| They / can / never / listen |
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| every other day / soup / have / We |
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| My car / breaks down / several times a year |
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| You / never / your car keys / can / find |
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| need / usually / some help with the homework / They |
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| once a month / usually / I / to the hairdresser's / go |
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| I / never / what to say / know |
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| have to go / shopping / I / day in, day out |
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| often / Mike / pizza / eats / for dinner |
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| have lunch / at home? / usually / Do / you |
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| is / asking me questions / She / always |
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| Begin the sentence with SHE |
| rarely / She / when you talk to her / listens |
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| dresses / in blue / She / very often |
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| I travel a lot. I / some petrol / every other day. / need |
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| eat / hardly ever / oranges / I |
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| Begin the sentence with YESTERDAY |
| phoned / Yesterday, / twice / me / she |
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| always / ? / Does / Kevin / win |
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| rarely / Tom / if you need it / help you / will |
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| come / to help me / very often / My parents |
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| Place it in mid-position (not at the end) |
| you / often / feel tired? / Do |
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| Can / always / I / in green? / dress |
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| Something is the matter with me. I / very tired / in the mornings. / usually / am |
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FREQUENCY ADVERBS
These adverbs answer the question: How often?
Here is a list ordered from more to less frequency (percentages are approximative)
ALWAYS (100%)
FREQUENTLY (90%)
USUALLY (85%) = generally, normally
OFTEN (75%)
SOMETIMES (50%) = now and then
OCCASIONALLY (35%)
SELDOM (25%)
RARELY (10%)
HARDLY EVER (5%)
NEVER (0%)
Word order:
One-word adverbs
Before normal verbs (the rest)
- I OFTEN go to the cinema
- He RARELY watches television
After special verbs (to be, have, do, can, will, etc.)
- I am ALWAYS here
- you can NEVER speak fast o
exceptions:
- I HARDLY EVER watch football on TV
- Tim ALMOST NEVER eats pudding
Notice: Some of these can use VERY (with the same position).
- I VERY OFTEN eat potatoes
- We VERY RARELY go to the beach
Two words or more
At the end of the sentence
- I go to the cinema TWICE A MONTH
- He works in the mornings EVERY OTHER DAY (= every two days)
- He watches football DAY IN, DAY OUT (= every day, every single day)
- We go hiking SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR (= a few times every year)
How many times?
Once = x1
Twice = x2
Three times = x3
Four times, etc. = x4
These frequency phrases usually go at the end:
- You have to ring the bell twice
- I go to the cinema once a month
- Tim goes to school three times a week
